come away with me

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

hoarding

what he calls hoarding i call it planning. its about the same topic but seen from 2 totally different angles. mine and his.

chinese new year or any festive holiday for that matter is a good reason for stores, malls, hypermarkets and almost every other retailer to give discounts. we bought mouthwash at kedai x. generic mouthwash A was going on sale at buy one free one. I wanted to buy another "set" thus bringing the total of mouthwash to 4 units which would last for 6 months or so.

me: we wouldn't need to think about mouthwash for 6 months or so. something this small in importance in comparison to o say rice can sometimes be overlooked when you r on a budget. its not a perishable item and neither is it a pretty toy that caught my fancy. its essential to oral hygiene. anyhow, we'd normally have to spend nearly 40/= if we wanted to buy 2 units. whats wrong with a great bargain, right? its savings. any savings how big or small the amount is still a saving. no?

him: its hoarding. its all a marketing strategy to create a false sense of supply and demand. consumers will be tempted to buy in bulk and indirectly create an opportunity for retailers to hike up the prices in the end. inflation.

but i must say, under normal circumstances i'd have cried my way out of this argument (heh) and that be the end it. this time round i didn't. the discussion ended up with him dropping the issue altogether. most probably he concluded it would be useless to make me understand cos i was so adament with my opinion.

how did i feel after that? firstly, i felt happy for once i didn't cry my way out, secondly i felt like i was going off on a tangent on trying to be a savvy consumer and thirdly i should document as best to my abilities all my spending.

i have downloaded a freeware program that will allow me to document and keep track of all my expenses. we'll see how this project of mine works out in the next 2-3 months.

its called Personal Finances Lite 1.62 and its freeware. yea, i kinda randomly choose one without much thought. any will do for now. its a trial run. am i disciplined enough to do this?

random

sitting on my bed as i type this. waiting. waiting to go to the loo after a big meal. i feel so bloated. extremely bloated. its not funny.
the weather has gotten pretty hot lately. its benn uncomfortable to sleep past of couple of days. drinking loads of water helps but I pee alot at night so my restless sleep is disturbed.
been waking up 5 something am the past 2 weeks. the logic is that by me coming into work early, i can go home early. theory and reality are seriously 2 different things. it just doesn't happen for me no matter how early i get into work cos i still go home late.
except for 2day cos i didnt give a rat's ass. ha! enter murphy's law: my office called me about a case the moment i entered my room and saw my o so inviting bed. fudge. that has never happened before cos i am normally the last person to leave.

this is my office face.

this is my out of the office face.

2 seriously different things.

jj has just told me that he'll be goin for some "royal function" 2moro. o joy. would they give out door gifts? ooOOooo royal door gifts. yes for the important.

my back is itchy. the itchy patch was the size of my thumb last year, december 2008. as of now 19 jan 2009, its the size of palm. one word. dermatologist. another word. expensive.

*deep breathe inhale, slowly exhale*

to finish this random nonsense, here is a random fact:
before oil palm plantations started importing bees from africa to pollinate oil plam flowers, they had to do it manually. the workers extracted the pollen from the male flower and then mannually inserted into the female flower. here's the kicker. are you ready? they used vaginal douche. if you have no idea what a vaginal douche is, please check the pic at the bottom.



a vaginal douche is a contraption that you shove into your va jay jay to deliver contraceptives.
wow, very the versatile ya?
but they don't use this method anymore cos obviously it labour intensive. its like lining up 1000 guys to impregnate 1000 women. tedious.

have a great week ya'll!

i am diggin this song

yes, click on the title cos its a link to the song that i am currently, temporarily hooked on.

nice, quriky beat. bopping my head for the past 2 hours. wondering when it will fall off. been looping this song for that long.
kinda sounds like billy ray cyrus's (yea, miley cyrus's daddy) achy breaky heart.

cant believe i use to dig that song. or billy ray. *CRINGE*
o the folly of youth!

2009

2009. brand new year, brand new you. resolutions are so cliche. looking back at 2008, there was nothing i'd rate as super fantastic but i will say that i am truly humbled and blessed with what has happened in my life's journey so far be it luck, fate, prayers of family and friends or my own.

i came down here for a so called quick 6 months training stint which became a year because of dumb management and silly white lies and has evolved with me moving here permanently because significant other was offered a better opportunity. there was a mad rush of looking for a job. wrecked nerves, tons of crying, closed doors and when it rains, it pours opportunities.

i'm still learning the ropes as they say, and getting used to the working corporate culture environment. so far so good with abit of hiccups along the way. i am very much grateful i have a job this year. i am finally putting into practice what i have learned in uni, the basics anyhow. its a long journey. very. long. journey.

it does not stop there of course. made tons of friends. forgotten some people who are not worth mentioning. worst of all i have neglected family and friends along the way. yes, self realization. i am a complete idiot, like i suffer amnesia. i can not blame my significant other for this because in the end it is has always been my choice to prioritize him above almost all things. so to those loved ones who really matter, if you are reading this, i am sorry and i will try better. i thank you for being my friend and close confidant. no this is not a new year's resolution. it is a promise.

to my family, i will try be a better child, sibling, niece and grandchild. i will call home often. i will not be irritating. i will be respectful. i will try come home more often. again, this is not a new year's resolution. it is a promise.

to my significant other, i will try to be less of an ass. i will try my best to catch myself before i lash out my anger at you just because you were there at the wrong time, wrong place. you are not the cause of my anger or frustration. if you are, i will not expect you to read my mind. i will try to articulate my feelings better to you. i promise.

so many promises comes many responsibilities.
therefore, in a nutshell, i will not promise my own self anything but i will be open to possibilities and adventure.

one important lesson i did learn last year is that if you do not like what you are doing now, the place where you are now, who you are now and start complaining to every single person who you think gives a rat's ass but actually don't and hear this tiny voice that kinda sounds like you, it is time to do something about it. i used to do that. alot. until i met someone who was better at it and i was blown out of my mind. i snapped myself back to reality and i did something about my unhappiness. decisions are scary but i realized that my friends wouldn't let me do it alone. relief. not all my unhappiness have been solved. doing it one at a time. the journey is fun with family, friends and significant other around.


so 2009 for me will be about being open to possibilities, keeping the promises i made and being happy.